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Allergy to gum possible? To aspartame or something else in gum?

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Mammma

January 31st, 2012

Since August I've been experiencing trouble breathing...prior to that, for about a year or so, I was very dizzy almost on a daily basis...

My family doctor did all the blood work - everything was fine.

Sent me to ear/nose doctor...he said everything looks fine...

In the mean time, my symptoms continued...then the dizzying symptoms dissapeared more or less completely and I started suffocating...when I inhale I feel like I can not get enough air in my lungs. This started in August, 2011...

My family doctor - said it's stress. I didn't agree. She then sent me for a lung test...everything is fine. She continues to believe it's stress...in the mean time offering no solution to me. When my suffocation episodes begin, they are usually 24/7...and don't end on their own.

I discovered a temporary solution - acupuncture. 2-3 visits help for about 3-4 weeks and then the suffocation returns...

And then I started thinking...what if it's an allergy...I am very healthy, exercise every day etc...but I chew a LOT of gum...maybe 2 packs a day of Trident gum each containing 14 pieces of gum...and then I thought that every morning I feel slightly better and then as the day progresses, it becomes worse and worse...

Could this be allergy to gum? Or something else?

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celcius

replied October 12th, 2012

aspartame

I had similar problems, but also had fatigue, insomnia and chest pain. It all started about 6 weeks after I quit tobacco and started chewing a ton of gum. I went to the dr. and they said it was heartburn, then they said it was stress. Almost 16,000.00 later and a year of doing my own research, I found that aspartame in gum is very dangerous. I've read that it takes 18 months to totally get out of your system. If you research aspartame and monsanto (monsanto makes aspartame) it is scary stuff. I'd quit the gum and detox. Before I figured out what was wrong, out of desperation I started going to accupuncture and that helped for about 3 weeks. I don't know why it helped, but very interesting. Hope this helps

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